Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingOn the eve of his inauguration, don’t expect President-elect Donald Trump and his entourage to sneak into Washington DC under the cover of darkness in a boxcar like then-President-elect Abraham Lincoln did, sitting at the back of the train and disguised to escape would-be assassins or pro-slavery fanatics ...And then there’s Sen ... In 1932, newly elected PresidentFranklin D....
Central Italy was struck by three earthquakes within an hour earlier Wednesday, with tremors felt in the capital as well, The Associated Press reported.No immediate reports of casualties were announced.The preliminary earthquake struck at 10.25 a.m. local time and was measured as a 5.3-magnitude temblor, the report said quoting the U.S.Geological Survey....
Former First LadyBarbara Bush was hospitalized shortly after her husband, George H.W.Bush, was sent to the ICU for pneumonia. Doctors say they hospitalized Barbara, 91, at HoustonMethodist Hospital "as a precaution" after she exhibited symptoms including "fatigue and coughing," the Daily Mail reports. She is joining her 92-year-old husband in the same hospital only days after he was admitted ... Bush in a letter to Trump....
Days before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take the oath to uphold the Constitution, he has followed through on a more painful obligation. coughing up $25 million to settle litigation over his defunct Trump University real estate seminar program. Trump University—now known as the Trump Entrepreneur Initiative—transferred the funds Tuesday night, according to two sources involved ... A hearing on the deal is set for March 31 ... ....
In an effort to cut costs and burdens to the city’s justice and jail system, “homeless court” is now in session every other Wednesday at a downtown shelter ... ....
MELBOURNE'S Friday training session at Casey Fields has been switched to Gosch's Paddock...Melbourne's Friday training session will now be at 9.30am at Gosch's Paddock....
The dollar had been grinding lower in recent sessions, dropping to its weakest levels since early December after U.S ... The dollar was firm against the yen at 114.66 (JPY=), moving well above from the previous session's low of 112.57 yen ...Crude oil prices took back ground lost in the previous session when the dollar strengthened....
JeffSessions, a Republican from Alabama, is sworn in on Capitol Hill prior to his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, January 10. Sessions is Trump's pick for attorney general ...CodePink activist Tighe Barry, dressed like a member of the Ku Klux Klan, is removed by police after disrupting the start of Sessions' confirmation hearing. Sessions has long faced accusations of racism ... "I abhor the Klan and its hateful ideology," Sessions said....
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. oil on Thursday moved away from one-week lows touched the session before, with investors turning their attention to upcoming government data on U.S. inventories. Sentiment in oil markets has been torn between expectations of a rebound in U.S ... U.S ... Brent crude (LCOc1), the international benchmark for oil prices, was yet to trade after closing down 2.8 percent in the last session... [USD/]....
Researcher says that managing expectations vital to the economy ... A draft GovernmentWorkReport was approved in principle and will be distributed to local governments for suggestions ... The call comes ahead of the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference that will begin in early March. The premier will deliver the work report to lawmakers at the NPCsession ... ....
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democrats will again head just two Texas Senate committees, the same number that the minority party ran last session in 2015. Two years ago, Patrick broke with tradition and tapped just two Democrats for Senate leadership positions, further limiting the outnumbered party's power ... ....
Tensions are high in Olympia on the second week of the legislative session. But that’s no excuse for Senate Majority LeaderMark Schoesler’s snapping at reporters ... ....
Kansas City's 1 Million Cups program on Wednesday featured a fitness startup that has worked with NASA and another that's capitalizing on the painting party market. The program happens every Wednesday at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and gives early-stage startups six minutes to detail their business, followed by a 20-minute question-and-answer session with the audience and expert panel. Here are the highlights ... ....
NEW YORK. The S&P; 500 ended a choppy session slightly higher on Wednesday helped by a rise in financials after Federal ReserveChairJanet Yellen said it "makes sense" to gradually lift interest rates ... ....